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Every web search, URL extraction, and research query your agent needs to run is reachable via Tavily. Tavily MCP gives your agent authenticated access to AI-optimized web search scoped to the user who authorized it.

  • Acts as the user: Access and write actions stay tied to the Tavily MCP account that authorized the agent.
  • Credentials stay vaulted: AES-256, resolved at request time, never in LLM context.
  • Scoped before every call: Permissions enforced. 90-day audit trail.
Tavily MCP
agent · Acme Q3
Run
What are the latest pricing changes announced by [competitor] in the last 30 days?
S
tavily_search
680ms
Research agent
3 sources found. Competitor raised Pro tier by 20% (announced Oct 15). Removed free tier (Oct 8). Added new Enterprise tier with SSO (Oct 22). Source: blog post, TechCrunch coverage, G2 review update.
Sources: web search, last 30 days
tavilymcpmcp
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Tools your research agent reaches for on Tavily MCP, scoped per user.

CALL ANY TOOL
Run AI-optimized web searches, extract content from URLs, search for RAG context, and get direct QnA answers.
tavilymcp_tavily_map
Tavily map
Map a website's URL structure starting from a base URL.
Parameters
Name
Type
Required
Description
url
string
Required
The root URL to begin the mapping
allow_external
boolean
Optional
Whether to return external links in the final response
instructions
string
Optional
Natural language instructions for the crawler
limit
integer
Optional
Total number of links the crawler will process before stopping
max_breadth
integer
Optional
Max number of links to follow per level of the tree (i.e., per page)
max_depth
integer
Optional
Max depth of the mapping. Defines how far from the base URL the crawler can explore
select_domains
array
Optional
Regex patterns to restrict crawling to specific domains or subdomains (e.g., ^docs\.example\.com$)
select_paths
array
Optional
Regex patterns to select only URLs with specific path patterns (e.g., /docs/.*, /api/v1.*)
tavilymcp_tavily_search
Tavily search
tavilymcp_tavily_crawl
Tavily crawl
tavilymcp_tavily_extract
Tavily extract
tavilymcp_tavily_research
Tavily research
Build your Agent
Drop the toolkit in, point it at the user, and your research agent can use Tavily MCP from the first run.
Python · LlamaIndex
import { ScalekitClient } from "@scalekit-sdk/node";
import { DynamicStructuredTool } from "@langchain/core/tools";
import { createReactAgent } from "@langchain/langgraph/prebuilt";
import { z } from "zod";

const sk = new ScalekitClient(envUrl, clientId, clientSecret);

const { tools } = await sk.tools.listScopedTools("user_123", {
filter: { connectionNames: ["tavilymcp"], toolNames: ["tavily_search", "tavily_search_context", "tavily_extract"] },
pageSize: 100,
});

const lcTools = tools.map((t) => new DynamicStructuredTool({
name: t.tool.definition.name,
description: t.tool.definition.description,
schema: z.object({}).passthrough(),
func: async (args) => {
const { data } = await sk.tools.executeTool({
toolName: t.tool.definition.name,
identifier: "user_123",
params: args,
});
return JSON.stringify(data);
},
}));

const agent = createReactAgent({ llm, tools: lcTools });
import { ScalekitClient } from "@scalekit-sdk/node";
import OpenAI from "openai";

const sk = new ScalekitClient(envUrl, clientId, clientSecret);
const openai = new OpenAI();

const { tools } = await sk.tools.listScopedTools("user_123", {
filter: { connectionNames: ["tavilymcp"], toolNames: ["tavily_search", "tavily_search_context", "tavily_extract"] },
pageSize: 100,
});

const llmTools = tools.map((t) => ({
type: "function",
function: {
name: t.tool.definition.name,
description: t.tool.definition.description,
parameters: t.tool.definition.input_schema,
},
}));

const resp = await openai.responses.create({
model: "gpt-4o", input: prompt, tools: llmTools,
});
import { ScalekitClient } from "@scalekit-sdk/node";
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const sk = new ScalekitClient(envUrl, clientId, clientSecret);
const anthropic = new Anthropic();

const { tools } = await sk.tools.listScopedTools("user_123", {
filter: { connectionNames: ["tavilymcp"], toolNames: ["tavily_search", "tavily_search_context", "tavily_extract"] },
pageSize: 100,
});

const llmTools = tools.map((t) => ({
name: t.tool.definition.name,
description: t.tool.definition.description,
input_schema: t.tool.definition.input_schema,
}));

const msg = await anthropic.messages.create({
model: "claude-sonnet-4-6", max_tokens: 1024,
tools: llmTools,
messages: [{ role: "user", content: prompt }],
});
import { Agent } from "@google/adk/agents";
import {
MCPToolset, StreamableHTTPConnectionParams,
} from "@google/adk/tools/mcp";

const toolset = new MCPToolset({
connectionParams: new StreamableHTTPConnectionParams({
url: "https://mcp.scalekit.com/tavilymcp",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${userScopedToken}` },
}),
});

const agent = new Agent({
name: "agent", model: "gemini-2.0-flash",
tools: await toolset.getTools(),
});
Try these prompts
Paste any prompt into your agent to start using Tavily MCP.
Web search
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Search for [query] and return top 5 results.
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What are the latest news about [topic]?
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Search for recent pricing changes at [company].
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Find [topic] limited to [domain.com].
Extract & research
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Extract content from [URL].
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Scrape [competitor pricing page URL].
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Get content from these 5 URLs: [list].
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Extract product features from [URL].
RAG & QnA
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Search context for: what is [concept]?
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Direct answer: when did [company] raise Series B?
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Get relevant chunks about [topic] for embedding.
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Factual answer: what is [company]'s current pricing?
SEE HOW AUTH WORKS
Users authorize Tavily MCP once. Their credentials stay vaulted, every call is checked, and every action is logged.
1
Authorize
Your user connects
Tavily MCP
once. We tie it to their identity and the meetings they approved — no shared bot account, no org-wide access
Who:
user ‘A’
when:
Once per user
access:
Limited to user
2
Store
Their
Tavily MCP
token lives in a vault scoped to them. User A's meetings are never reachable by an agent acting for user B, even on the same connection
vault:
encrypted
scope:
per-user
tokens:
auto-refreshed
3
Resolve
When your agent calls a
Tavily MCP
tool, we fetch the right token server-side. It never touches your agent, never appears in the LLM context, never shows up in your logs
speed:
~40ms
check:
before every call
seen by:
nobody
4
Audit
Every
Tavily MCP
tool call is logged — who triggered it, which meeting was fetched, what came back. 90 days of history, tied to the user who authorized it
history:
90 days
export:
SIEM-ready
logged:
every call
Test other agents
Same per-user auth pattern across other research agents and MCP connectors. Working code, live demos, fork what fits.
GTM and RevOps Teams
Competitive intelligence briefing agent
Scans Gong calls for competitor mentions, matches each one to its Notion battlecard, and DMs every affected rep a single Slack digest per cycle. Every call runs as the PMM who owns the briefing, never a shared bot.
GTM and RevOps Teams
Outbound prospecting agent
Searches Apollo for prospects matching your ICP, scores and ranks them, drafts personalized outreach in Gmail, and logs every send to Google Sheets. Mail goes out as the rep, not from a shared inbox.
GTM and RevOps Teams
Deal intelligence agent
Pulls recent Gong calls, scores deal risk with an LLM, cross-references the record in Attio, and DMs each owner their at-risk deals in Slack. Every read is scoped to that rep's own access.
Support and Ops Teams
Support triage agent
Fetches new Zendesk tickets, classifies them by type and urgency, searches the Notion knowledge base for an answer, and routes what it cannot resolve to Slack. Every call runs on the support agent's own delegated OAuth.
Test other agents
Same per-user auth pattern across other research agents and MCP connectors. Working code, live demos, fork what fits.
SALES
Outbound prospecting agent
Search Apollo for ICP matches, rank them, draft personalised Gmail outreach, and log every send to Google Sheets.
GTM
Competitive intelligence briefing agent
Scan Gong calls for competitor mentions, match each one to its Notion battlecard, and DM every affected rep a single Slack digest.
SALES
Deal intelligence agent
Score Gong call risk with an LLM, cross-reference the Attio record, and DM each owner their at-risk deals in Slack.
SUPPORT
Support triage agent
Classify new Zendesk tickets, search the Notion knowledge base for an answer, and route what it cannot resolve to Slack.
Why Scalekit
Secure your agent's access. Connectors ship in minutes
01.
Shared tokens break per-user analytics
A shared token looks fine in a demo. In production every call looks like a service account. Scalekit resolves the real user credential so attribution, audit, and scope stay accurate.
// shared token
 audit → bot_service_account
 user_filter → broken

 // scalekit
 audit → user_abc
 scope → enforced ✓
02.
Authentication is not authorization
03.
Multi-tenancy is architectural
04.
Tavily MCP today. Others tomorrow.
“Our agents act across Salesforce, Gong, Google Drive, and more, on behalf of every customer. Scalekit behind the scenes meant we can keep adding tools without ever rebuilding how credentials or tool calling work.”
Venu Madhav Kattagoni
Head of Engineering / Von
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the agent access Tavily MCP as the user or as a shared key?
As the user. Each workspace member authorizes once and Scalekit resolves their credential at request time. Audit logs attribute every action to that user, not a shared service account.
Where is the Tavily MCP api key stored?
In Scalekit's managed AES-256 token vault, namespaced per tenant. Refresh is automatic. Revocation is a single dashboard action. Tokens never appear in prompts, logs, or LLM context.
Can I limit what the agent is allowed to do in Tavily MCP?
Yes. Pass a tool name filter to listScopedTools so the research agent only sees the subset you authorize. Pre-API-call scope checks block out-of-policy actions before the request reaches Tavily MCP.
What happens when a user revokes Tavily MCP access?
The connection is invalidated on the next tool call. Subsequent requests for that user fail closed with a clear error. Other users in the tenant remain unaffected. The event is logged for audit.
Are search results cached or shared across users?
No cross-user caching. Each search uses the authorizing user's API key. Credits and rate limits apply per key. Results are never shared across tenants in the vault.
Start in your coding agent
Up and running in one command
Install the Scalekit skill in your editor of choice. Connector, auth, tools, prompt, all wired up
Claude Code REPL
/plugin marketplace add scalekit-inc/claude-code-authstack
/plugin install agentkit@scalekit-auth-stack
Cursor Code REPL
# ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
""mcpServers"": {
""tavilymcp"": {
""url"": ""https://mcp.scalekit.com/tavilymcp"",
""headers"": { ""Authorization"": ""Bearer $SCALEKIT_TOKEN"" }
}
}
}
Codex Code REPL
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.tavilymcp]
url = ""https://mcp.scalekit.com/tavilymcp""
auth_env = ""SCALEKIT_TOKEN""
Copilot Code REPL
# .vscode/mcp.json
{
""servers"": {
""tavilymcp"": {
""url"": ""https://mcp.scalekit.com/tavilymcp"",
""type"": ""http""
}
}
}